Marietta

[ mair-ee-et-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

The first day of school in Marietta looked much different from Emanuel.

Parent Jolynn Dupree, who lives in Acworth about a half-hour drive from Marietta, objected when the Cobb County district mandated masks.

As Marietta hashed out its safety protocol, Paulding County schools a short drive west opened without a mask mandate.

Still, opposition to the measures Marietta took could be found close by.

Amy Barnes was among the Marietta parents who pleaded with Rivera to reverse the district’s initial decision to make masks voluntary.

“I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined,” he bragged to the Marietta Daily Journal.

She hails from Marietta, Georgia—a manicured, upper-middle-class city north of Atlanta that also happens to be my hometown.

Meanwhile, back in Marietta, the excitement has only been building.

Oudin from Marietta, Georgia, had to play a series of qualifying rounds to get into the Open tournament.

New York has fallen in love with a 5-foot-6 all-American teenager from Marietta, Georgia.

But some serious obstacles had been revealed on our ride from Chattanooga to Marietta the previous evening.

Suddenly a robin on the fence burst into adjurations of a robust sort, and Marietta, without meaning to, spoke.

"It's spring, Marietta," he said, with a simplicity he had never thought it desirable to put into his verse.

"I guess there ain't a spot round here that means more to folks in our neighborhood than this," said Marietta.

Marietta put the lamp on the high mantel, and moved his chair slightly nearer the hearth.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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